Cheadle and Gatley District Bowling League

Bob Newlan Memorial Trophy

The Bob Newlan Memorial Trophy is a knock-out competition, open to all the evening teams. It is played for on Sunday Mornings (except for the first round). Teams receive a handicap, based on their league positions at the end of last season. The league winners are on scratch with each successive team receiving an additional three points. The previous year’s winner is penalised 10 chalks.

The trophy is named after the last secretary, and was instituted in 1996. It replaced the Dineley Shield, which had been played for since the early days of the League. The old shield had in any case become full of winners’ names, so when there was a general desire to remember Bob after his unexpected death, this seemed the obvious choice.

There has been some confusion as to how the rules for this competition are to be interpreted. There is a detailed commentary available.

The draw for the 2019 competition is shown below. The first three rounds are played on Tuesday evenings, starting at 7.00pm (the quarter-final venues all have floodlights). The semi-finals and final are played on Sunday mornings, starting at 11.00am.

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Semi-final Final
Tuesday 11 June Tuesday 9 July Tuesday 27 August Tuesday 17 September Tuesday 24 September
(withdrawn) Crowcroft Park (15) 161 Ladybridge Park (9) W/O Ladybridge Park (9) 181 Thorn Grove (39) 207
Crowcroft Park (15) W/O
Ladybridge Park (9) 183 Ladybridge Park (9) 184
Stockport CC (30) 171
Heald Green Social (6) 216 Heald Green Social (6) 196 Heald Green Social (6)
Spring Gardens (60) 147
Shaw Heath (18) 228 Shaw Heath (18) 184
Gatley Rec (51) 156
Ladybridge (57) 179 Cheadle Cons (32) W/O Cheadle Cons (32) 195 Thorn Grove (39) 183
Cheadle Cons (32) 220
Northenden Social (33) 227 Northenden Social (33)
Delamere Park (54) 159
Thorn Grove (39) 233 Thorn Grove (39) 237 Thorn Grove (39) 215
Ryecroft B (66) 185
Longsight CC (27) 200 Longsight CC (27) 189
Friendship Inn (36) 182
Romiley Arms (Scr) 194 Burnage Garden Village (48) 222 Burnage Garden Village (48) 208 Burnage Garden Village (48) 224
Burnage Garden Village (48) 195
Didsbury BC (21) W/O Didsbury BC (21) 208
West Heaton (45)
Ryecroft A (24) 181 Hazel Grove (63) 151 Waggon & Horses (3) 182
Hazel Grove (63) 223
Poynton WMC (12) 158 Waggon & Horses (3) 211
Waggon & Horses (3) 196

Bob Newlan winners 2016
Bungalow - Bob Newlan Memorial Trophy winners 2016

Last updated: 25 July 2020